The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-19

Local and State Nofes-A Pennsylvania Gen.
eral Office for Indianapolis.
An engineering corps is in the field this week
surveying line for railroad from Liberty,
Ind, to Dayton, o.
May Is has been fixed upon for the taking eff
feet of the summertime train schedules. On
the through lines there will be several changes.
J. T. Howley, travelling auditor of the Penn
syivania lines west of Pittsburg, will remove his
headquarters from Richmond to Indianapolis
May l. sas
A. j. Castater, auditor of the Lake Erie g.
Western, spent yesterday in the city. closing up
the accounts between the l., P. & G. and the l..
E. 81 w.
The Union Railway Company propose to light
their tracks between Mississippi street and Vir-
ginia avenue with electric lights when the new
station is completed
General freight agents report that the scare
over rates is gradually subsiding, and there is
perceptible increase in inquiry for cars to load
eastward and to the West.
The American Ticket brokers' Assoca ION
gives notice that dating from the 10th of April,
the ticket brokers' Office known as that of Null
ford q Co., at Indianapolis, will be closed.
Trouble is brewing over the differential-rate
question. The three roads which are allowed q
difsrential rate are doing good share of the
business, and the agents of the competing lines
are feeling sore over the matter.
The report of ]. B. Eckman. general weigh.
master of the Indianapolis roads at this point,
shows that il the first fifteen days of this month
the roads gained 485. c03 pounds of freight by
the weighing of outbound business
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton company
has received from the Brooks locomotive works
two of the twelve engines recently ordered.
They are passenger engines and one of them
will be put in service on the c.. H. e. l. division.
Officers Of the Pennsylvania lines were in the
city yesterday to perfect tie arrangements for
rebuilding the buildings burned last week and
to decide what improvements should be made in
the yards and the shop surroundings this season.
The Pen nsylvania Company paid $3.50, 900 for
the ground on which their new buildings at
Louisville and at New Albany are to be erected.
The foundations for the immense freight depot
and round-house at Louisville are nearly COM
pleted.
Robert Geiger, general freight agent of the
j., NJ. & l., and Albert S. White, assistant gen.
eral freight agent of the Bee-line. were in the
city yesterday to confer regarding rate matters
to Southern territory, over which there is y good
deal of trouble.
The Bee-line running all of their best
passenger equipment it is stated. between
Cleveland and Cincinnati, assigning as reason
for so doing that this division paws better than
their indianapolis or st. Louis divisions Pos
sibly were the company to better equip these di-
visions the earnings would foot up larger.
At meeting of the Indianapolis Joint-rate
Association, held yesterday, the following reso-
inspector of weights be authorized and instructed
to embrace in his duties the inspection of pack
ages. and all clerks, warehouse men and others
will respect the authority of j. B. Eckman &C.
cordinely."
c. w. Fairbanks returned from the East yes
terday. He states that the necessary steps look
ing to a reorganization of the l., b. q w. and
the e., s. a. q. are already being taken. They
will he reorganized separate companies in the
States they pass through. and then consolidated
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the consolidation plan have been removed.
The ''Y" which connects the tracks of the c.
St. L. e. p. and the Belt road is completed and
the long trains of the j., M. & l. are now han
died over the Belt road instead of coming
through the city. A ~ is to be put In con
Meeting the tracks Of the I. & v. with the Bel,
road, then the Union tracks will be relieved Of
their trains, which are becoming quite an annoy
ance since the |. q V. has become so much of
coal road
The annual report of George w. Cobb, score
vvvy of the indianapolis Railroad Christian AS
ISOLATION, shows that during the year /, 1877 per-
sons visited the rooms, as uninvitnc as they
are. He held q cottage meetings, called on O.
sick or injured railroad men, attended funerals
visited 149 shops, switch houses, ETC.. dstrib
utiug 500 books and magazines In his worl
among railroad men he visited Union City New
Albany Franklin, Richmond and Danville, il
this State, and st. Louis, Kansas City and Lou
isville Ky.
Iuere IL SoOd authority TOT Statlng tnaC With
few months at furthest of the general of
fcers of the Pennsylvania Company will remov
his headquarters to Indianapolis The compan,
feel that as they have four roads running in herr
one of the officers should be at this point Witt
the general Offices of the L. B. e. W., the l., D
e. S. and the Lake Erie & Western and par
of the officers of the Pennsylvania lines at thi
point Indianapolis will again seem like an i'm
portant railroad center 1t is limited that one O
the general officers of the Decline will, in tn
not distant future, be located at Indianapolis
this city being near the center of their sys
tenn